An Unexpected Guest

The other night we were hanging out when I heard some bells jingling outside with some Ho, Ho, Ho-ing. There was a knock at the door and when I opened it, SANTA was there! I called the kids up and they were SO excited to see Santa. Tyson was at our house at the time so he got to see Santa too. They each got to tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas. Here's the breakdown: Tyson wanted a Rams wallet and a poster, Trace wanted Star Wars stuff, and MacKelle wanted a Barbie. While Santa was here, the kids were ALL over him, they kept giving him hugs and telling him they hoped he had a merry Christmas. It was interesting to see how much they loved him, even though they didn't know him. After he left, Tyson said "This was the best day of my life!"

There was one, however, who wasn't quite as excited to see Santa:
Need I say more? We'll give him a couple years!

What a Night!

What is this, you might wonder. It is the gas station a few blocks from our house. Tonight it started on fire! This is a picture of when a tank exploded (at least from what I understand-Justin took these). It was so weird! It was like a mushroom cloud with the explosion ( saw from our neighbor's house). It was SO tall. Everything lit up outside and you could feel it shake the ground! We were so grateful no one was hurt. Big thanks to all the firemen and those who got the fire out! I can only imagine how scary that would be, to be right there. FOR A MUCH BETTER DESCRIPTION OF THE NIGHT GO TO Bobi's blog

Girls Weekend

Last weekend Justin took Trace up to Missoula for a Montana Grizz game. MacKelle started to feel left out, so Justin told her that she and I would have a lot of fun of our own. He said we could have a fashion show. She was so excited! She kept asking when the boys were leaving. Finally Saturday came. We Started getting ready. We did our hair, nails, and even make-up. Our "Fashion Show" consisted of MacKelle making her grand enterence while Mason and I cheered. She then showed us her "moves" and told us we could call her "MacKelle the Great" . I tell you that girl is entertaining. Here are a few pictures of her "Fashion Show". To explain the clothes, we have a box of clothes that are hand-me-downs that don't fit her yet. There are some high heeled shoes in there that she wanted to see if the fit yet. When we got the box down, she saw the high heeled boots and fell in love with them (even though they were about twice her size) I let her wear them last weekend (and she did-to the movie we went to and to church) . She also wanted to wear a dress that was a size 8. So she looks like she's drowning in it in the pictures. But she knows she looks beautiful! Check out these "moves".






Here are our high heeled boots. Mackelle wanted me to wear a dress, but I (unlike her) DON'T like wearing dresses/skirts. So dress pants had to do.
We put nail jewels on MacKelle. She LOVED them! I couldn't get a very good picture. But it was a fun day with just the girls (and Mason). After our fashion show we went to town and watched "The Princess and the Frog". The boys had a good time too, but that is for another post.

Just Having Some Fun

I was working on a cake the other day and MacKelle asked if I'd make her one. I told her that it is a lot of work just to make one and that I'd make her one for her birthday or some occasion. She told me that she was celebrating her baby doll Anna's birthday. Finally she wore me down and I made her a rice krispy treat cake with some extra buttercream and some left over cake decorations. She was SOOO happy. We had to sing Happy Birthday to Anna (Who had a different name until yesterday). MacKelle is so fun and creative. She is a sweetie who loves to be a little mom to everyone-even those much bigger than her.
For preschool the other day we were learning about the letter "G" so we made graham cracker houses out of graham crackers and gumdrops. Here is MacKelle with her finished product.
As we decorated our tree on Sunday, Mason was having a blast getting into all the Christmas decor. He LOVED the ribbon! He unraveled about 1/2 a roll of it in this picture. You have to love their first Christmas! It is the only one where an empty box is the best present!
Last night we had a few extra kids. I had to get a picture of them. Jenny and Tobee are in Mexico for a week, so Tyson stayed the night last night. Bobi and Stan went out for their 10th anniversary, so we had Kyler, Corden, and Ryker for a bit too. It was a PARTY!! We had pizza and breadsticks and pop and watched movies. They were all really good! Justin and I even got to watch a movie while they watched theirs. TGIF!

New Family Pictures

Thanks Geri at Orchid Photography.